Coin-controlled mechanism.



W. M. PROBASGO.

COIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

' APPLIUATION FILED MAY 2B, 1909.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909 wiorney.

Wz'inesses:

UNITED s'rArns PATENT OFFICE.

WALLACE M. PROBASCO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASS1GNOR,.BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,TO THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK COMPANY, TRUSTEE, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application med'na 2a, 1908. Serial No. 436,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE M. PR0- BAsQo, a citizen of the UnitedStates, -residoperate a time piecein a money saving box' or bank. Thesame device can also be used for other purposes.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this s ecification, Figure 1is a sectional front e evation. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation.Fig. 3 is a view of a part in detail. Fig. 4 is a sectional frontelevation of a coin and its action in operating the mechanism.

' Like figures refer to like parts.

'1 is the shell or case supporting the works within it, 2 is a coinchute having one side and edges, 3 is a spring fixed to the case andfitted into the com chute'forming the other side. (A substitute for thisspring can be made by a hinged swinging piece held in place by aspring). 7

4 is a disk fixed to a tube 5. Tube 5 is on the winding shaft 6, 7 is aspring on the winding shaft, 8 is a lever having its fulcrum fixed todisk or wheel 4, 9 is a tooth on lever 8, 10 is the end of leverprojecting beyond the edge of the disk, 11 is a slot in disk 4 in whichis a pin, the pin being fixed to lever 8, 12 is a disk having oneratchet tooth and is fixed to shaft 6, 13 is a pawl fixed to a rigidsupport 14, having a rig1d stop in one direction and a spring 15 to keepit against the stop 13", 16 1s a winding key fixed to tube 5, 17 1s abracket for supporting the shaft 6, 18 is a coin assing from the chuteand operating the ever 8.

The action of this device is as follows: In order to wind the spring,the pawl 9 must be brought in touch with the ratchet tooth 12. This canonly be done by inserting a coin in the coin slot. 2, where it rests onthe edge of the disk 4. The disk is turned in direction of the arrow bythe handle 16. The end of lever 10 comes in contact with the coin,pressing the coin against the spring side 0 the chute as shown Fig. 4 atthe same time the lever 8 is pressed back bringing the pawl 9 in contactwith ratchet 12. The coin falls into the receiver. The turning of thedisk then carries with it the shaft 6 winding the spring. When turned inthe Patented April 27, 1009.

direction of the arrow without having a coin in the slot, the pawl 13moves and allows the lever to pass without forcing it to move the pawl 9in contact with the ratchet 12 and does not connect to drive the springshaft. When thekey is turned in the opposite direction, the pawl 9 isthrown out of gear with ratchet 4 by the end'of lever 10 coming incontact with pawl 13, the slot 11 and the pin in 8 limiting the movementof the. lever.

he action of the mechanism through shaft .6 when moving in oppositedirection to arrow, carries the disk 4 with it until th end of lever 10comes in contact with awl 13 and is thrown out of gear; so that t emechanism cannot be set in motion again without placing a coin in thechute.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: I

1. In a coin operated mechanism, a shaft, a disk revoluble on the shaft,a coin chute arranged to hold a coin against the edge of the disk, alever fixed to the disk revolving with the disk, the end of the leverprojecting beyond the edge of the disk so as to come in contact with thecoin in the chute and be moved b the contact, and means for connectingthe lever to the shaft so as to cause the shaft to revolve with thedisk.

2. In a, coin operated mechanism, a shaft, a disk revoluble on theshaft, a lever attached to and revolving with the disk, a coin chutefixed in relation to the disk adapted to hold a coin in position tointerfere with the lever, a ratchet tooth on the shaft, a pawl on thelever adapted to act on the ratchettooth, substantially as shown;

3. In a coin operated mechanism, a coin chute having a movable side, ashaft, a

ratchet tooth attached to the shaft, a disk supported on the shaftopposite the chute so that the lane of the dis is substantially at rightang es to the surface of the coin, a lever fixed to the diskrevolvingwith it and projecting beyond the ed e of the disk so as to and move the5. In a coin operated mechanism a revoluble disk, a lever attached tothe disk, a coin chute adaptedto hold a coin in the track of v the leverand act against the lever and cause the lever to move in relation to thedisk a stationary pawl se arate from the disk placed in the track 0 thelever so as to cause the 'lever to move in the opposite direction fromthe movement cause by the coin, substantially as shown. I

6. In a' coin operated mechanism, a revolv- 1 ing disk, a coin chutehaving a movable side and adapted to hold a coin close to the disk,

a (projection from the edge of th'edisk adapte to press against the coinand move it and the movable side of the coinchute so as to release thecoin from the chute, substantially as shown. 5 J

PRQBASCO Witnesses: I

' HENRY 0. LEE

E. GREY.

